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‘Jack Ryan’ Actor Michael Kelly & More Join Cast Of ‘The Penguin’ Series

This month sees the production start on the high-profile series The Penguin, which will be an eight-episode run on HBO Max and focuses on Oscar-nominee Colin Farrell‘s standout villain, Oz, from Matt Reeves’ The Batman. Reeves will produce the series and will follow the power-vacuum in Gotham after Carmine Falcone is removed from his leadership position after his death with The Penguin making his big move to oversee Gotham’s criminal underworld.

It looks like Farrell is going to have an interesting of collection of actors surrounding him. Deadline states that a string of actors have joined the project such as Michael Kelly (House of Cards, Jack Ryan), Shohreh Aghdashloo (The Expanse), and Deirdre O’Connell (Outer Range).

 Variety also reports that Rhenzy Feliz has nabbed a lead role in the streaming series spinoff. Actress Cristin Milioti (Palm Springs, Black Mirror) was previously the first big addition to the show.

The Batman Part II is set for release on October 3, 2025 and there is an expectation the spinoff project will have a direct impact on the villain lineup in the second pic. It’ll be curious to see if we’ll actually see other Batman rogues make their debut on The Penguin before making their way onto the big screen.

SOURCE: DEADLINE & VARIETY

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‘The Batman Part II’ Set For October 2025 & ‘The Penguin’ Spinoff Series Is Getting Eight Episodes

DC Studios recently announced their first big slate lineup this week as newly minted co-CEO James Gunn revealed to the world that they would making a new string of film and television projects within the DCU and other things set outside of the DCU being branded as “Elseworlds” like Matt Reeves‘ The Batman being part of that group alongside the Joker sequel.

The biggest sign of confidence for Reeves’ Gotham saga is that we’re going to see multitide of spinoffs and sequels. With the latter getting a title and release date as DC Studios announced that The Batman Part II will be heading back to theaters on October 3, 2025 and should reassure fans that had been worried that Reeves’ vision for follow-ups could have been tainted with DC Studios meddling or trying to merge that version of Batman into their DCU films. Thankfully, they cleared that up real quick by announcing a new Batman project with The Brave & The Bold, focusing on Bruce Wayne and his son Damian Wayne as the new version of Robin.

That’s not all the Batman news going this week. Towards the end of the month, we’ll see the start of production of The Penguin spinoff series at HBO Max and star Colin Farrell has confirmed to Variety’s Awards Circuit Podcast that they aiming to shoot eight episodes.

“It’s going to be an eight-part thing,” Farrell said on the podcast. “Around Oz’s rise to power, filling that power vacuum created when Falcone was killed. Matt’s idea was to have the Penguin show begin about a week after the end of the Batman film. And if it works, if the trajectory is interesting, and the audience goes for it, and we do our jobs right, the second Penguin feature will pick up where the HBO show will end.”

We have to assume that Farrell will also be returning for The Batman Part II, given the series is expected to show his rise to become a major crime figure in Gotham by the time the sequel is released in 2025.

SOURCE: DC STUDIOS & VARIETY

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‘The Banshees Of Inisherin’: Director Martin McDonagh’s Latest Film Enlists ‘Eternals’ Cinematographer Ben Davis

Director Martin McDonagh (Seven Psychopaths, In Bruges, Three Billboards) is moving forward with a new movie called The Banshees of Inisherin that has a cast that consists of Colin Farrell (Miami Vice, The Lobster, The Batman), Brendan Gleeson, Barry Keoghan (The Batman, Eternals, The Green Knight, Dunkirk), and the voice of the MCU’s Friday, Kerry Condon (Better Call Saul, Three Billboards, Ray Donovan).

The filmmaker is best known for dark comedies.

Here is the vague synopsis for the new movie that will shoot in Ireland starting this month.

Pic charts the story of a pair of lifelong friends on a remote Irish island who find themselves at an awkward time in their relationship when one of them no longer wants to be friends.

The Ronin has been able to confirm that cinematographer Ben Davis has joined the project with films credits that include Layer Cake, Kick-Ass, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Doctor Strange, Guardians of The Galaxy, Captain Marvel, Cry Macho, The King’s Man, and Chloe Zhao’s Eternals.

Davis has previously worked with McDonagh on pics such as Seven Psychopaths and the Oscar-winning film Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri.

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New Liverpool Set Photos From ‘The Batman’ Include Colin Farrell’s Penguin and More Evidence That The Film Is Inspired By ‘Batman: The Long Halloween’

Filming on The Batman has resumed in Liverpool, England after Robert Pattinson’s positive COVID-19 test and brand new set photos have made their way online, which seems to reveal exterior shots for a funeral scene. 

In the new batch of set pics, we get images of Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne, Paul Dano’s Edward Nash aka The Riddler, Barry Keoghan as Officer Stanley Merkel, and new shots of Colin Farrell in his Penguin makeup. 

One of the set photos included Zoe Kravitz’s Selina Kyle standing/walking with John Turturro’s Gotham mafia boss Carmine Falcone. This image might suggest Selina could be the daughter of Carmine in The Batman, like in Batman: The Long Halloween, either legitimately or illegitimately in this version. 

You can check out those images here. 

There had already been hints to the film taking cues from Jeph Loeb and Tim Sale’s Batman: The Long Halloween with what seems to be a serial killer plot featuring the Riddler murdering people and in the teaser trailer leaves a Halloween card as a clue for Batman. Many fans had jumped to the conclusion that the Halloween card in the trailer was directly related to the villainous group called The Court of Owls, but in reality was more likely a nod to The Long Halloween given all the other elements we’re starting to see from it. 

The Batman has been recently delayed from a release date of October 1st, 2021 to March 4th, 2022 as Denis Villeneuve’s science-fiction fantasy epic Dune has landed that October spot next year. 

The film takes place around two years into Bruce Wayne’s time as Batman in Gotham City and the HBO Max series focused on the Gotham Police Department will take place in Year One. 

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DC FANDOME: First Teaser Trailer For ‘The Batman’ Drops – Focuses On A String of Murders and Corruption In Gotham

A first teaser trailer was released for Matt Reeves’ The Batman.

Warner Bros. also released these three images just before the panel.

The cast led by Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne aka Batman also includes Zoë Kravitz as Selina Kyle; Paul Dano as Edward Nashton aka The Riddler, Jeffrey Wright as the GCPD’s James Gordon; John Turturro as Carmine Falcone, Peter Sarsgaard as Gotham D.A. Gil Colson, Jayme Lawson as mayoral candidate Bella Reál, Andy Serkis as Alfred Pennyworth, and Colin Farrell as Oswald Cobblepot aka The Penguin.

Filming is expected to resume next month at Warner Bros. Studios Leavesden in Watford, England.

The Batman is set to be released on October 1st, 2021.

SOURCE: DC FANDOME

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TRAILER: Colin Farrell Wants Jessica Chastain Dead In New Assassin Action Flick ‘Ava’

VVS Films has released a first-look trailer and poster for their upcoming action film Ava.

The film set in the world of black ops assassins stars Jessica Chastain (IT: Chapter Two, Zero Dark Thirty), Colin Farrell (Widows, The Batman), John Malkovich, Common (John Wick: Chapter 2), Geena Davis (The Long Kiss Goodnight) and Joan Chen (Judge Dredd, Twin Peaks).

It’s directed by Tate Taylor, who previously helmed the horror flick Ma and The Girl On The Train.

Ava (Chastain) is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.

A late August release date was originally planned but the new trailer fails to mention if they’re sticking to that or being delayed.

SOURCE: VVS FILMS